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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
8
Wartime drives for waste fats paper and cans fade as prices tumble. Fats fetch as low as four and a half cents a pound with major soap firms vs twelve cents postwar, while tin cans rise slightly to about eight dollars per ton. Scrap steel and cardboard hangers plummet in value as supplies shift and demand stays weak.
Mrs. C. T. Anderson, 21, was electrocuted while using an electric iron Monday night in Henderson. Anderson said the iron had trouble earlier but seemed repaired when she started again. He rushed in after hearing her fall, grabbed the iron, was shocked, then kicked it away. She died on arrival at a Henderson hospital.
Various local want ads list items for sale including peaches, tractors, ice refrigerators, and plumes from J L Denton and Babcock Auto Store. Rentals announced for two Cole & Davis Company apartments and a chip hatchery schedule. Also items for sale include bee honey, canning supplies, lamps, generators, and farm equipment with prices and contact names such as Tom Barbee Eugene Reeves and Mrs Allen T Short.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will sell all or part of its 16 million bushels of flaxseed at about 5.25 dollars per bushel to exit the price support program. The government paid more than 96 million dollars for the crop, expecting about 84 million dollars in return.
Live hogs sold up to a peak of 22.50 a hundred pounds in Chicago. The price matched the highest level since January 10 and has only been seen again once since. Compared with the season low of 18.25 in late April. Keep posted read the ads.
Austin attorney Jess D. Carter filed in 126th District Court to test the constitutional validity of the mandatory $100 deductible in windstorm hurricane and hail insurance policies in Texas. He seeks to set aside the board of Insurance Commissioners order from June 13 and asks for modification allowing higher rates for calamity insurance. The board imposed the $100 deductible on Sept 1 1946 for buildings and structures in Texas windstorm hurricane and hail policies.
Mrs. Viola Williams 41, mother of 14, died after being electrocuted in the backyard while ironing clothes. Harris County sheriff Capt. Charley Nix said she went outside for cooler air, was barefoot, and the wet ground produced a strong electrical contact.
Soapsuds the aging roan horse once ridden by Will Rogers was put down by a bullet through the heart fired by Jimmy Rogers after a long illness. The horse, believed to be over thirty, was buried at the Rogers ranch now a memorial state park. Soapsuds last appeared publicly in 1940 at a Will Rogers memorial parade.
Floyd Roddy a longtime Kimbell plant employee was hospitalized after a Tuesday incident. Initial reports feared poliomyelitis but Kay Kimbell informed Lloyd Alexander that Roddy actually suffers from high blood pressure and heat exhaustion.
Bailey voters approve an $80,000 road bond issue by 134 to 9 with four projects planned. Work to be done in cooperation with the State Highway Department, with the state matching county funds.
In Lincoln Nebraska barbers study hair totals for kids seeking a bushy crew cut. Dr D D Whitney of the University of Nebraska notes blondes average 140000 hairs, brunettes about 102000, brown heads roughly 109000, and redheads around 88000.
A humorous exchange about pain in the leg arm and neck leads to the punchline that she is out playing bridge. The light moment contrasts with medical inquiries and everyday ailments.
Four Jefferson Medical College dermatology researchers report 12 eye skin cases tied to rimless spectacles. They find heat or light rays concentrate under the lens edge and may cause cancer or keratoses. coating with rim black lacquer blocks harmful rays and prevents damage.
In a classroom scene Eddie is asked where Cleveland is. He replies Cleveland is in New York today and Bob Feller is pitching, framing a moment of sports news within a school setting.
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